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Mile End
In pre-fabs, Nissen Huts and terraced slums,
Exhausted marriages plodded along.
Intrigues of passion would sometimes burst forth,
Though not with the new-wave cool of the North.
‘I don’t understand what she sees in him;
He couldn’t get the padlock off his bike.’
Bomb damage gnawed into the local pubs
And trysts took place behind working men’s clubs.
Couples stole ...
Sunday 4th December 2022 4:40 pm
THE OLD KENT ROAD
The Old Kent Road
Roman Way
the Dover Road
running straight as a do or die
first step to success
on a monopoly board
coloured brown the dirty sod
at the end of town.
It is the road that hints of abroad
the road that stood the weight of the horde
of Romans on their foraging way
where Bricklayers Arms
terminus for railway goods
rubbed shoulders with
the...
Thursday 24th November 2016 10:47 pm
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